Egypt

Coachella 2012 Lineup: Black Keys, Radiohead and Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg Headline

Coachella has just announced its 2012 lineup. The festival, which will take place over two weekends in April, will feature the Black Keys, Radiohead, Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg as headliners, and it doesn't exactly drop off from there: Pulp, Cat Power, M83, the Shins, Bon Iver, Noel Gallagher, Feist, Jeff ... More >>

The Adventures of Tintin and Haddock at the Scottish Arms

Deborah Hyland​With the spate of recent comic book adaptations, it's not surprising to finally see a Tintin movie. The real surprise is how long it took. Christopher Reeve reestablished the Superman franchise in 1978; Spiderman swung across the screen in 2002. Even the uber-imperialist Phantom ... More >>

Man Who Threatened to Blow Up Bar with "Chemical Tubes" Gets Five Month Sentence

​An Illinois man was sentenced to five months in jail and ordered to pay a $1,500 fine last week for sending threats though the mail. Samirkumar Hasmukhlal Mody, 45, of Lake Egypt (near Carbondale), pleaded guilty earlier this year to mailing a letter in January to the Ramesses Lounge in Marion, I ... More >>

Josh Ritter at Off Broadway, 7/22/11: Review and Setlist

Todd Owyoung​ Josh Ritter and the Royal Family Band | Yellowbirds Off Broadway July 22, 2011 "This will be the world's first protozoan slow dance," Josh Ritter said, squinting against the sweat, bringing the band down towards the end of the night. "You don't have to touch each other though." ... More >>

Comedian Mo Rocca Attempts to Explain My Plate

Who better to teach America about the new My Plate healthy-eating guide than former Daily Show correspondent Mo Rocca? And since when did the CBS Evening News become so hip? Or is Mo Rocca no longer hip? This is more confusing than the 2005 food-guide pyramid revamp, or as Rocca called it, "an Egyp ... More >>

The Blow and Buddy Guy Lead This Week's Show Announcements

​The Memorial Day hangover hasn't quite lifted (it's never going to), but we've got a feew gems for ya this week: remember precious pop duo The Blow? It's a solo act now, since Jona Bechtolt left to pursue YACHT, but Khaela Maricich is keeping the cute alive; she'll be at the Old Rock House in ... More >>

Comment of the Day: Army Corps of Engineers Like Greek Myth

​Today's comment of the day comes in response to the Army Corps of Engineers decision to blow up the Birds Point levee south of Cairo. Commenter Mike N. writes: That's one way for the Corps to ensure job security -- build levee, blow up levee, rebuild levee, repeat. It's like a bizzaro Myth of ... More >>

The Great Gut Check Matzo Tasting of 2011

Matzo is the taste of freedom, and don't you forget it!​The Jewish holiday of Passover and its oppressive dietary regime of eight days of matzo has descended up on us with the surety of the Angel of Death. Yeah, yeah, it's hard to compare a week of eating cardboard with the slaughter of all th ... More >>

Comment of the Day: RFT Staffer Accused of Working For Gabon Opposition

Today's comment comes in response to a post listing ten other despots -- besides Egypt's Hosni Mubarak -- who should step down from power. One of the people RFT staffer, Sarah Fenske, suggests needs to go is Gabon's Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba. That prompted reader Silverfirebird4 to write: I agree with R ... More >>

Ten Other Despots Who Need to Go

Image via​Now that Egypt's Hosni Mubarak has finally given in to the masses of brave demonstrators (and military leaders) demanding his resignation, we couldn't help but fantasize about who should follow his example.There are, after all, a ton of terrible dictators out there -- and the world would ... More >>

News from Egypt: The Rocks Have Started Flying

image via​The Snowpocalypse here may have amounted to just a few inches, but the news from Egypt is really just as bad as you've heard. Daily RFT just got off the phone with Alix Dunn, an American who lives in Cairo and works for an NGO. Dunn wrote her masters thesis on social networking under ... More >>

Egyptian Hardee's Close Due to Revolution, Not Snow

image viaHardee's in Cairo.​Another reason to be glad you're in St. Louis today instead of Cairo: Even though there's sleet and snow, you can still go to Hardee's, which remains open, even when other stalwarts like the Courtesy Diner have closed, and warm yourself up with a Thickburger. The B ... More >>

UPDATE: Mayor, Rest of City Get Ready for Impending Snowpocalypse

​Egypt is in total chaos right now, you may have heard. The government has been overturned and there's rioting in the streets. But the Egyptians are way luckier than St. Louisans because even though their country is a shambles, it's going to be 70 degrees and sunny in Cairo tomorrow. And what ... More >>

Stop Foreclosing on Our Homes! Activist Group Announces "People's Hearing," Tells Banks to Be Ready

The activist group MORE issued a summons to the banks, accusing them of crimes.​It may not be Cairo, but we've had our share of protesting lately, too. Last Friday a throng of activists assembled at the entrance of the downtown branch of Bank of America in support of foreclosure victims and m ... More >>

Grace Potter On Meeting Robert Plant, Bending Genre Rules and Going to Strip Clubs

In this week's paper, Katie Moulton spoke with Grace Potter, the leader of the currently sizzling Grace Potter & the Nocturnals. Moulton spelled out some of the band's accomplishments in recent times - including opening for the Avett Brothers and smoking on VH1's Divas Salute the Troops special - an ... More >>

Fenugreek: It's What Makes Your Breasts Better!

Welcome to Spice World, in which Gut Check zeroes in on overlooked spices from around the globe, introducing those you may not own -- and probably should. Wikipedia | Wikimedia Commons​History: Lest you feel sorry for fenugreek -- its stock overflowing at Whole Foods while its alphabetical ne ... More >>

Never Say No to Panda: A Cautionary Tale (Sung to the Tune of Buddy Holly's "True Love Ways")

Buddy Holly's "True Love Ways" is the soundtrack to this compilation of commercials for Panda Mozzarella Cheese, which originates in Egypt. Says the product's website: "Everyone loves Mozzarella cheese and Panda's fresh mozzarella is no exception." As these commercials reveal, declining to like Pand ... More >>

Marjoram: The More You Eat, the Less You Fart?

Welcome to Spice World, in which Gut Check looks at overlooked spices from around the globe, introducing those you probably don't own -- and probably should. Forest and Kim Starr​History: What do you get when you strip oregano from its wild roots? Marjoram: It's oregano's earthy, demure next ... More >>

One Man’s Treasure

Back to the Future: A new comic book explores the intersection of hip-hop, Egyptian history and bling

The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 8.25

​ WIC to include fruits, vegetables and bread after 34 years. (Lincoln Journal Star)Egypt names the best dates of the year after President Obama. (Associated Press)Restaurant in southern Missouri town allowed to serve alcohol. What's next? Legalized dancing? Elsewhere in the state, Boulevard ... More >>

Something New

The Morning Brew: Monday, 12.15

In today's news: Smithfield meatpackers unionize, Egyptian food rioters go to jail, and Tom Colicchio is accused of tip no-nos.

Poi Dog Pondering

9 p.m. Wednesday, June 4. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City

The Morning Brew: Friday, 4.11

Immigration Isn't About God

Gimme Back My Mask!

Sad is good: St. Louis Shakespeare scores with Antony and Cleopatra.

A powerful play receives a near-perfect production.

Joe goes Old Testament on the Post-Dispatch

Week of September 14, 2006

SkullSplitter Ale

Cicero's, 6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City; 314-862-0009.

Letters Column

Week of April 13, 2006

Out of Egypt

From a long-buried pyramid to the Saint Louis Art Museum: The mysterious voyage of the Ka-Nefer-Nefer mask.

Christ, What a Book

Anne Rice goes deep

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Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

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Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

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Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

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Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

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Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

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Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

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Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

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Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

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Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

Everybody Suffers

(Seder, Chesterfield)

Gone, Daddy, Gone

We say goodbye to a rock & roll forefather, talk sports with Mr. Lif and get religion at the new Gearbox

Nile

Friday, October 17; Pop's

Perfection Is Possible

At Tony's, it doesn't matter what you choose -- everything is stellar

The Master

His inspired passion made him a favorite in the art world. Now Marcel Salinas is stuck in St. Louis, where hardly anybody knows his name.

Monitor Wizard

Video artist Van McElwee injects warmth and life into an ostensibly "cold" art form

Tube-Tied

Gods' Glory